Kenia Carcaces

Kenia Carcaces Opón (born 22 January 1986, in Holguín) is a Cuban volleyball player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth with the Cuban team in the Olympic tournament. She won the 2007 Pan American Games gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carcaces and the second or maternal family name is Opón.
Kenia Carcaces
Personal information
Full nameKenia Carcaces Opón
NationalityCuba
Born (1986-01-22) 22 January 1986
Holguín, Cuba
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Spike323 cm (127 in)
Block306 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside Hitter / Opposite
Current clubAgeo Medics
Number14
National team
2006–2011Cuba
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Cuba
FIVB World Grand Prix
2008 YokohamaTeam
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2011 GuadalajaraTeam
Pan-American Cup
2007 ColimaTeam
NORCECA Championship
2007 WinnipegTeam
2011 Caguas Team
Last updated: October 2013

Career

At the 2007 Cuban Liga Nacional, she was selected Best Digger.[2] Playing Ciudad de La Habana, she won the Cuban National League Championship for the 2010 season and also being selected Best Spiker.[3]

At the 2010 Montreux Volley Masters her national team finished in 3rd place, and she was selected Best Scorer and Most Valuable Player.[4][5]

Kenia won with his national team the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[6]

Carcaces played at the 2013 Club World Championship with Voléro Zürich and she was selected Best Outside Hitter.[7] Her team lost the bronze medal to Guangdong Evergrande.[8]

Carcaces won the Best Outside Spiker among the Best Team of the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship after her club lost the bronze medal to the Brazilian SESI-SP 2-3.[9]

In the 2015 South American Club Championship, Carcaces won the Most Valuable Player award and the silver medal in the continental championship.[10]

Clubs

Awards

Individual

Club

Senior team

Junior team

References
  1. Agencia Cubana de Noticias. "Juegos Panamericanos - Voleibol" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  2. NORCECA. "Yumilka Ruiz JMV del Campeonato Cubano" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  3. NORCECA. "Equipos de La Habana ganan Liga Nacional Cubana" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  4. Montreux Volley Masters. "China wins the 26th edition of the Montreux Volley Masters". Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  5. FIVB. "China win 26th edition of Montreux Volley Masters". Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  6. FIVB (20 October 2011). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  7. "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  8. "Guangdong beat Zurich 3-1 to claim Women's Club World Champs bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  9. "Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  10. "SUDAMERICANO DE CLUBES: Rexona Ades es campeón" (in Spanish). CSV. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
Awards
Preceded by
Not awarded		 Best Outside Hitter of
FIVB Club World Championship
2013
ex aequo Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma

2014
ex aequo Suelle Oliveira

 Succeeded by
Tatiana Kosheleva
Fernanda Garay

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